Let’s start with some Comic Con Gaming news.  Lets see where do I start?

If you pre order Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 you will receive and Pro or Anti Registration T-Shirt with an Exclusive Juggernaut playable Character, Over the Weekend Activision revealed that Stan Lee is going to be an NPC in the game. Activision showed off Singularity. Singularity is an FPS with its main focus on Time manipulation (sounds like Time Sift). This is a ” On the Radar” game.  Activision had a light showing this year, but it was still entertaining either way.

UBI Soft came to the Con with their RE-make of one of the best Super Nintendo games ever, Turtles In Time!!! That’s right Turtles in time was playable at Comic con and it is more awesome than the original game. UBI Soft did a complete over haul on the game, The Turtles them selves look great, their animation is (for lack of a better word) Sexy. Every little aspect of the game is back with a vengeance, Remember how great it was throwing the Foot Soldiers at the screen? now its done in High Def!!!! They only had to player Co-op on display but they were shooting for 4 player Co-op by the games release. The same cant be said about Turtles Smash up, Pretty much if you played Super Smash Brothers you’ve played Turtle’s Smash up. No Assassins Creed 2 (sad face).

Sony came to the show with force. They Brought with them Uncharted 2 and Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time

Uncharted 2 was Multiplayer only… The Multiplayer is amazing. I don’t have the beta so this was the first time I got to play it. The environments are beautiful, and the game sports some slick controls. I always ended up getting owned by the people who already owned the beta but the outcome was worth it. Anyone who tried the demo got a code for an unlockable skin for Multiplayer. Uncharted 2 should be on your radar and in your ribrary when it drops this Holiday season.

Ratchet and Clank. Oh how I love thee Ratchet and Clank. Every game you bring gives warmth to my icy cold FPS playing heart. Crack in Time was playable on the show floor and it was amazing. Before you say this is just another Blinx style game ( you should die if you think that) hear me out. The time manipulation works a million times better than Blinx’s (think of Prince of Persia but with a Lombax). Like any Ratchet and Clank game, it’s all about the weapons. This game delivers and then some (it’s like that girl you met at the club the night before and cooks you breakfast the morning after). If you own a PS3 you should totaly pick up this game, you wont be disappointed.

Capcom came to us this year with a plethora of games, Fighters, Platformers, and a little game set in the snow.

How about that Lost Planet? Lost Planet 2 was shown on the floor with a CO-OP demo. The point of the CO-OP demo was pretty awesome, You and three other players team up to take down one giant Akrid (sounds easy but it really isn’t). This thing hits hard. Luckily you have a great armory of weapons at your disposal. It felt like playing Monster Hunter…. And that’s a good thing. Unfortunately I didn’t get a lot of play time with the game but it was fun anyways.

What would Capcom be with out a little Fighting game action, They brought with them Marvel Vs Capcom 2 for XBL Arcade and Tatsunoko Vs Capcom for the Wii. OK so MvC2 for XBLA is amazing! Everything was already unlocked for the show but Capcom is saying that everything will be unlocked right off the bat when it comes out. The Sprites look amazing, They aren’t like Super HD quality but they aren’t crappy PS2 pixels either. The game play hasn’t changed, if you own any of the older versions of the game you’ll be right at home with the XBLA version. Nuff said

Now for the real reason I hit up the Capcom Booth. Tatsunoko Vs Capcom. Tatsunoko Vs Capcom was a pleasant surprise. For those who have been living under a rock or your internet has been down for the past year, TvC is a fighting game on the Wii (yeah thats right the Wii) Using the same control style as MvC 2 (4 buttons). A fighting stick will be required to enjoy this game, you could use the Classic Controller but I dont recomend it. Before you go running off  let me explain. This game shines with personality. The Sprites look insane (almost Stree Fighter 4 quality) and that’s saying a lot for a Wii game, they are 3D characters fighting  on a 2D plane. Character wise you couldn’t ask for more. On the Capcom side we get everyone from Ryu to one of the Mechs from Lost Planet (think of sentinel from MvC 2). Im not to familliar with the Tatsunoko characters (I’m into anime as much as a fat guy is into the Gym) all I recognize are the Bird People from that one anime. They also have a nig character selection. The Tatsunoko  characters seem a liitle more Over Powered than their Capcom counterparts (I know they are anime characters and are supposed to be powerful but come on) which makes you wonder how online is going to be when one side seems more buffed up than the other. Besides that minor complaint this game will be one of those cult fighters that will sell on ebay for 100 bucks a year after its released.

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Alrighty then. Gaming news aside lets talk about Comics. (Hence Comic-Con)

Marvel Animated is coming together with a lot of Shows and Movies. Where do I start? For those of you Planet Hulk Fans, Marvel and Lionsgate are bringing us Planet Hulk the Movie, The Trailer was awesome! It looks like they brought elements of the comic to DVD and Blu Ray, all they showed was a trailer for Planet Hulk but if you read the comic you know whats going on. Marvel Animation also showed off a trailer for a new Thor movie. Thor seems to be set in the Ultimate universe where Thor and Loki are still little kids earning thier worth in Asgard (before Loki hated Thor)

TV Show wise Marvel brought with them Reveals for Wolverine and The X-Men, Iron Man Armored Adventures and Fantastic Four.  Wolverine and The X-Men is coming back with a second season, everyone’s favorite big mouth Mercenary is joining the cast of Wolverine and The X-men, Thats right Deadpool. As for Iron Man all we got was the announcement of Modok as a villain. Lame I know.

As mentioned earlier im not a big Anime fan, but I can say that I am excited for Marvel Anime coming in 2010. They showed off 2 shorts starring Wolverine and Iron Man. The Wolverine short was based around Japanese Mythology, He still had his claws but they were more like a Samurai style weapon rather than a part of him, no costume either, no big deal but it was kinda missed. The Iron Man short had awesome action and great animation. It showed him Flying over Tokyo getting ambushed by guys in Iron Suits and Tanks. Marvel confirmed 2 other characters for the Anime, Blade and X-men. Marvel Anime is going to be written by the Great Warren Ellis (nerdgasm).

Joe Q talked about Marvels next “big” Comic Event, World War Hulks. It’s all about the big guys fighting and is what is going to be called The Day the Earth Shook.

I didn’t forget about the DC fans.

Blackest Knight was huge at Con.  As we know the Lanterns are all fighting, Batman is “dead” the Black Lanterns are causing trouble in the DCU. I asked around the booth for some info on anything. I did manage to get some intel on the Batman news, ( stop reading now if actually care, or don’t want to be spoiled) hes not really dead. No word on when or how hes coming back. Sorry folks but that’s all i got from DC, the booth was to much of a mad house because of the “death” of Batman and the Blackest Knight…Damn nerds.

Comic-Con has come and gone yet again and already I’m excited for next year. Maybe I’ll actually have a team go with me to get more coverage and info. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to organize my new additions to my Nerd Castle and  try to hit up eBay for some of the swag that I missed ( I’m talking about you Transformers ass cushions) Live Free and Prosper and May the Force be with you, Peace out.

]]> http://www.couchcampus.com/gaming/gaming-news/comic-con-2009-coverage/feed/ 3 http://www.couchcampus.com/comic/comic-news/a-wish-was-granted/ http://www.couchcampus.com/comic/comic-news/a-wish-was-granted/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:00:03 +0000 Phaethon http://couchcampus.com/?p=428 Collect all seven and any wish will be granted. But you’ve gotta be specific, or else you get Dragon Ball: Evolution…Someone should’ve asked for a GOOD movie. Well, thankfully after two decades Japan figured out people still love Dragon Ball Z. The biggest complaint I hear from anime “connoisseurs” (lol) is that it was dragged out, stretched, burned, chewed up, stretched again and then hung out to dry. At almost 300 episodes, I can see why. A lot of it is filler. Very little happened each week because they had to keep up with the Manga that was releasing at the same time. Why buy the comic when you can see whats going to happen earlier on TV? I actually read the manga recently and was shocked. Everything moved a long lightning fast. No nonsense yelling, no shouting about power levels and ruling the universe (ok a little of that) but for the most part it moved really well. Ok connoisseurs, you’ve earned your title and a “(lol) free” mention.

Starting April 5th over in Japan, Toei will be airing visually enhanced episodes that are edited to keep up with the quick pacing of the manga. I’m sure someone will bring it over here. Funimation? Make it happen. I’m not done watching Gohan beating the crap outta Cell in the World’s Martial Arts tournament just yet. Wonder if they’ll go a step further and churn out a couple new movies while they’re fishing for my Yen – err dollars. Only time will tell if the age old adage is true: “If you release it again, and again, and again, they will come.” If only they could find a way to make Dragon Ball GT not suck. One more year till we can find those balls again.